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  • Two demos in Wrexham pass off with incident, say police - BBC News

    21 Nov 2009 | 10:16 am
    BBC NewsTwo demos in Wrexham pass off with incident, say policeBBC NewsThe Welsh Defence League (WDL) demo in Wrexham against Islamic extremism was met by a march by members of Wrexham Communities Against Racism. and more »

  • Jobs summit - Janesville Gazette

    21 Nov 2009 | 9:48 am
    Janesville GazetteJobs summitJanesville GazetteNo racism, sexism or any other sort of -ism that degrades another person. Harassing comments. If you are the subject of a harassing comment or personal and more »

  • About Through the Arch - Dayton Daily News

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:54 pm
    About Through the ArchDayton Daily News“FIFA is trying to deal with that stuff, not just there, but in some other places in the world, too, where you get the same kind of racism and racist and more »

  • Heather Ellis pled guilty while jury was out in racism dispute at a Walmart - Examiner.com

    20 Nov 2009 | 6:21 pm
    ABC NewsHeather Ellis pled guilty while jury was out in racism dispute at a WalmartExaminer.comRacism in the United States is still rampant especially in communities that are mostly white with a lower population of African American residents. Tough Call: Police vs. Heather Ellis: Racism or Bad BehaviorGather.comWal-Mart scuffle prompts racism claimsCNN InternationalOPINION: Heather Ellis Reaches Plea Deal, But I've Still Got QuestionsNews OneEyewitness News Memphis -Daily Dunklin Democrat -The Associated Pressall 742 news articles »

  • Anti-Obama billboard stirs controversy - Fox 31 KDVR.com

    20 Nov 2009 | 4:18 pm
    Fox 31 KDVR.comAnti-Obama billboard stirs controversyFox 31 KDVR.com"This conservative hatred of Barack Obama is out of contol, and this brings together all those strands of it: the racism, the anti-Muslim fervor. and more »
 
 
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  • Police keep protest marches apart

    21 Nov 2009 | 10:15 am
    Police make four arrests but say a strong presence kept two opposing political marches in Wrexham apart.

  • Life for 'frenzied attack' pair

    19 Nov 2009 | 11:02 am
    Two Polish men are jailed for life for murdering a passerby in an unprovoked street attack in a Bedfordshire town.

  • Officer faces racist attack trial

    19 Nov 2009 | 8:28 am
    A senior Derbyshire police officer is accused of a racially-aggravated public order offence.

  • New Israeli settlement criticised

    19 Nov 2009 | 6:36 am
    Israel's approval of 900 extra housing units at a settlement in East Jerusalem comes in for harsh criticism in the Palestinian, Middle Eastern and Pan-Arab press.

  • Coens get Serious - and personal

    18 Nov 2009 | 1:23 am
    Film-making brothers Joel and Ethan Coen go back to their roots in A Serious Man, a dark comedy set in the suburban Midwest of their youth.
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  • It’s Not All About You, or The Case for Empathy

    Carmen Van Kerckhove
    20 Nov 2009 | 7:07 am
    by Carmen Van Kerckhove Back in 2004 when I first started speaking and blogging about race, I was invited to facilitate a phone discussion with a group of parents who had adopted children from outside the United States. One of the mothers in the group was white and Jewish. She adopted her son from an African country, and was raising him in her faith. She told me that she wanted my advice on a situation she was dealing with. Her nanny was a Jamaican woman. One day, the nanny came home and the mother noticed she looked upset. The mother asked her what was wrong, but the nanny just shook her…

  • Quoted: Resistance on Club Membership

    Latoya Peterson
    20 Nov 2009 | 5:17 am
    I talk to white people about being “kicked out of the club.” It’s the moment that they realize that speaking up about race or racism distances them from other white people.  It’s when they find out that other white people won’t necessarily support them when they raise issues of racism.  I have tried to be empathic with them as they struggle with the perceived loss they suffer when doing what’s right means being ostracized. I try to have compassion because the Now Me knows how the Then Me felt.  The Then Me often didn’t speak up.  The Then Me was somewhat passive…

  • Good To Know: Sarah Palin Believes In Racial Profiling, Glenn Beck

    Latoya Peterson
    19 Nov 2009 | 10:35 am
    by Latoya Peterson, originally published at Jezebel Sarah Palin believes that political correctness is for fools and racial profiling is the way to stop violence. Thing is, if (as she tells Sean Hannity) “liberals’ heads explode” over her comments, it’ll be due to exposure to utter stupidity. The only good I can see coming from Sarah Palin’s media march is that any possibility of her running for President in 2012 will, most likely, be shot to hell. First, she’s on Newsmax, calling Fox News comedian Glenn Beck “effective“: Glenn Beck I have great…

  • Did CNN say “ya basta” to Lou Dobbs?

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    19 Nov 2009 | 9:00 am
    By Guest Contributor Tomas, originally published at Latino Like Me After several months of a focused internet and social media campaign pressuring CNN to fire Lou Dobbs, the xenophobic pundit announced tonight he is leaving CNN effectively immediately. BastaDobbs.org–the virtual Latino coalition which led the campaign against CNN–is claiming victory. “We are thrilled that Dobbs no longer has this legitimate platform from which to incite fear and hate,” said Roberto Lovato. Lovato, who is an accomplished writer, is also the founder of the Latino-advocacy group Presente.org, the lead…

  • Time Magazine on Gender, Migrant Work & Rape

    Thea Lim
    19 Nov 2009 | 7:30 am
    By Deputy Editor Thea Lim Time Magazine reports on women migrant workers who have been raped, and the resulting pregnancies: While globalization has turned much of the world into a wide-open labor market, it has also created complex human and societal dramas. Women account for up to 50% of the world’s 100 million–strong migrant-worker population — and there is no effective entity to protect their rights and dignity. In 2008, Indonesians working abroad, commonly as domestic staff in the Middle East and parts of Asia, contributed about $6.8 billion to their national economy via…
 
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  • Show-Me Even More Racism (Tony's Kansas City)

    21 Nov 2009 | 6:46 am
    KMBC's biased reporting on a story of a racial controversy in Missouri is too lame to quote. Still . . . They're the only local news station to even note a serious case of injustice and a growing fervor over yet another racist incident in the Show-Me State .Source : Tony's Kansas City (subscribe)Explore : Missouri, States, US

  • The American Express of Racism. Don't leave home without it. (Brutally Honest)

    21 Nov 2009 | 6:37 am
    ... woman?" I am so sick of this race pimp appearing regularly in the media, hustling his own brand of racism, while the media turns a ubiquitous blind eye and pretends it never happened. Had a white man made a statement even remotely similar in racial context as to what The revered Jesse Jackson said? His career and his life would have immediately been ruined and ridiculed and he would...Source : Brutally Honest (subscribe)Explore : Government, Jesse Jackson, Political Blogs, Politics, The House

  • Stanford Study purports to demonstrate that racism is a reason why Obama policies are failing (Stop the ACLU)

    21 Nov 2009 | 5:16 am
    The journal article is: “Racial Prejudice Predicts Opposition to Obama and His Health Care Reform Plan” by Eric D. Knowles, Brian S. Lowery, and Rebecca L. Schaumberg, in: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, November 2009. This is another “negative associations” test. Such tests are very problematical for a number of reasons — one of which is that some actively anti-racist people...Source : Stop the ACLU (subscribe)Explore : Health, Health Care Policy, Healthcare reform, Political Blogs, Politics

  • The ugly reality of black anti-white racism in South Africa (I Luv SA)

    dobermansa@gmail.com (Doberman)
    20 Nov 2009 | 9:01 pm
    ... to bleed talent and slip further into the abyss. Related: Why Affirmative Action is just black racism, the 'acceptable' kind - Solidarity challenges 10 cases of racial discrimination. "What more must I do to get a promotion?" - Renate Barnard - Sapa White policewoman breaks down in court as she testifies in racial discrimination case Johannesburg - The country's Constitution and its...Source : I Luv SA (subscribe)Explore : Artists, Discrimination, Jethro Tull, Music, Progressive rock

  • Malema takes on 'racist' Cronin (The Star)

    20 Nov 2009 | 8:00 pm
    SACP leader and ANC national executive committee member Jeremy Cronin is more than a racist, he's a white supremacist.Source : The Star (subscribe)
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  • Officer Suspended for Calling Henry Louis Gates a 'Jungle Monkey'

    BY Corky Siemaszko DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER The Boston cop suspended for calling Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates a "banana-eating jungle monkey" in a mass e-mail was turned in by fellow cops.

  • Who's Right: Henry Louis Gates or the Arresting Police Officer?

    Said Henry Louis Gates, Jr. after his recent arrest: "I can't believe that an individual policeman on the Cambridge police force would treat any African-American male this way ... [or] any citizen of the United States, no matter what their race." The police report from Cambridge Officer James Crowley, however, paints a disorderly Gates, "exhibiting loud and tumultuous behavior, in a public place, directed at a uniform police officer who was present investigating a report of a crime in progress." When asked to step outside his home, Gates reportedly replied, "I'll…

  • Racial Tensions Stirred by Henry Louis Gates Arrest Could Grow

    By Bonnie Erbe, Thomas Jefferson Street blog O.J. Simpson, Simi Valley, Rodney King. They all stand as visions of a racially divided America, an aspect of American life and culture of which no one is proud. I'm just wondering if the controversy surrounding the clash between renowned African-American scholar Henry Gates and a sergeant in the Cambridge police department is going to become a clash of larger proportions. And I hope it does not.

  • Harvard Prof Arrested in His Own Home

    Henry Louis Gates Jr. is one of the most prominent African-American scholars in the world. He's written and edited more than 50 books. He's hosted several series and specials on television. He's received 49 honorary degrees from colleges and universities across the world. He was named as one of the 25 most influential Americans by Time magazine in 1997. And he's the director of the W. E. B. DuBois Institute for African and African-American Research at Harvard University. He's kind of a big deal. That's why it was surprising when Cambridge, Mass., police showed up at Gates's house on…

  • In Recession, Age Discrimination Is More Prominent Than Racism

    By Bonnie Erbe, Thomas Jefferson Street blog. The good news for boomers, or workers 45 and older, is that if you were employed before the recession, you're less likely than younger workers to be fired (former GMC Chair Rick Wagoner one noted exception, however). The bad news is: Workers ages 45 and over form a disproportionate share of the hard-luck recession category, the long-term unemployed—those who have been out of work for six months or longer, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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  • Weatherization in New York Creates Jobs, Opportunity

    dkar
    2 Nov 2009 | 11:42 am
    Weatherization. The word doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. But as Green for All demonstrates in its new video produced in partnership with Good Magazine, weatherization is not only a key component of reducing energy consumption but it can provide good, green jobs. ARC will release a Green Equity Toolkit on November 10th to help community organizations, public agencies and individuals maximize and share the benefits of green economy jobs like these. The Toolkit provides a guide for creating high-quality jobs that are fully accessible to people of color and women. Visit arc.org/greenjobs for…

  • Is Black Face the New Black?

    jrivas
    2 Nov 2009 | 9:38 am
    New York photographer Mario Sorrenti shoots for the biggest fashion magazines like W, Vogue, and V Magazine regularly. He's had his work exhibited at the MoMa in New York and has shot huge international campaigns like the Calvin Klein Obsession ads with Kate Moss. He recently photographed models Sasha Pivovarova and Heidi Mount for the latest issue of V, which hits newsstands tomorrow. One of the models is wearing one of the latest new trends: black face. In the past few months we've seen ads, editorials in fashion magazines and even Tyra Banks! putting models in black face.

  • Race, Feminism, Our Future: Taking on Postracialism

    jrivas
    2 Nov 2009 | 7:56 am
    Rinku Sen has written a piece on postracialism for "On The Issues Magazine." In the Fall '09 edition, writers and artists address the politics of feminism, race and a new progressive movement. Below is an excerpt from "Taking on Postracialism" by Rinku Sen: Something happened in the months leading up to and including the election of Barack Obama as the President of the United States, something that people working for racial justice could see coming at us like a tornado. The word “postracial” cropped up on cable news, in OpEd columns and, finally, at kitchen tables and around…

  • Richmond Gang Rape Raises Race Issue

    dhernandez
    2 Nov 2009 | 7:02 am
    The gang rape of a 15-year-old at Richmond High School last weekend has shaken many of us. The details have made us shudder. We’ve refused to read the details of the assault or we’ve analyzed more than a dozen people watched and did nothing or we’ve quietly thanked women like Margarita Vargas and Atianna Gibbs who upon hearing about the rape say they called the police. More than two hours had already lapsed. The rape has also raised the issue of race. The young white girl in this CNN video protests that school officials are not providing security at Richmond High School…

  • Black AIDS: Complex Risk Factors Defy Easy Explanations

    mchen
    31 Oct 2009 | 4:43 am
    In the political minefield surrounding the AIDS epidemic, myth and fact often trip over each other, especially in communities most deeply scarred by the disease. The striking prevalence of HIV/AIDS among Black Americans has set off much speculation and confusion. Some research suggests the epidemic is driven in part by men having sex with men—on the “down low”—and then infecting straight Black women. But researchers are discovering that the real story of Black AIDS has far more twists and turns than previously thought. It's clear that Blacks are hit harder by HIV/AIDS…
 
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  • Post-trial reactions - Daily Dunklin Democrat

    21 Nov 2009 | 9:35 am
    ABC NewsPost-trial reactionsDaily Dunklin DemocratHe added that the rallies hosted were saying the city was racist and he didn't like it. "We are not racist and don't treat people different by color," Tate Rally held in downtown Kennett, charges of racism against cityKAITPlea deal reached in store scuffle case that had racial overtonesKansas City StarPlea deal reached in store scuffle caseBoston HeraldNews One -The Associated Pressall 742 news articles »

  • Daily Gut: Sarah Palin's Books Sales Prove We're All Racists (Again) - Big Hollywood (blog)

    20 Nov 2009 | 4:33 pm
    Big Hollywood (blog)Daily Gut: Sarah Palin's Books Sales Prove We're All Racists (Again)Big Hollywood (blog)They do think that if you're against the policies of Obama, you must be racist. And that's because in their profession, they don't know anyone who's against Chris Matthews: Palin Supporters Racist -- 'White vs. Other People'NewsBusters (blog)Matthews: Palin attracts 'white versus other people' crowdRaw StoryMSNBC's Matthews Injects Phony Race Talking Point Into His Program AGAINPrison Planet.comall 25 news articles »

  • Good News for Miley: She's Officially Not a Racist - E! Online

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:20 pm
    E! OnlineGood News for Miley: She's Officially Not a RacistE! OnlineWhen Miley Cyrus' infamous slant-eyed photo leaked online, we knew there was going to be trouble. When a Los Angeles woman filed a class-action suit against Judge rules: Miley Cyrus is not racist!Examiner.comJudge dismisses lawsuit claiming Miley Cyrus' pic discriminated against AsiansLos Angeles TimesMiley Cyrus 'slant eyes' lawsuit thrown out of courtSawf Newsall 51 news articles »

  • The Great White Hope: A History of Subtly Racist Sports Movies - Complex.com

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:50 am
    New York TimesThe Great White Hope: A History of Subtly Racist Sports MoviesComplex.comIf not for sassy Sandra Bullock, this young black man would be living on the streets. The Blind Side, a new sports drama based on Michael Lewis' book The Nature and NutureThe Portland Mercury'The Blind Side': Predictable Critics, Predictable CriticismBig Hollywood (blog)[Review] The Blind SideThe Film Stage (blog)Seattle Post Intelligencer -Christian Post -Television Without Pityall 911 news articles »

  • Racist Obama Billboards: Colorado Ad Links President With Jihadists - Huffington Post (blog)

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:25 am
    CBS NewsRacist Obama Billboards: Colorado Ad Links President With JihadistsHuffington Post (blog)Wolf Interstate Leasing in Wheat Ridge, Colorado has put up a billboard insinuating that President Obama is somehow tied to Jihadists and the Fort Hood Is this anti-Obama billboard racist? You be the judgeWestwordCar Dealership Billboard Links Obama With JihadistsTheDenverChannel.comIs auto dealer's Obama billboard racist?St. Louis Post-DispatchThe Associated Press -NPRall 275 news articles »
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  • My Hero: Dennis Kucinich on the Goldstone Report

    nfamous23
    21 Nov 2009 | 10:46 am

  • Slavery was good for the black man

    libertarianhottie
    21 Nov 2009 | 10:06 am
    As we celebrate emancipation and independence, we are being reminded of the horrors of slavery. According to our leaders, academics and others, slavery was the worst institution ever created. However, while it is popular for most to agree with this claim, I beg to disagree. Indeed, contrary to the belief that slavery was bad for us blacks, I believe that slavery was good for us. Have we ever stopped to consider where we black people, especially those of us in the West, would be right now if it weren’t for the Atlantic Slave Trade? What state do you think black Africa would be in today?

  • In my email:Fox's Murdoch: Glenn Beck "was right" -- Help us go after Fox

    ishtarmuz
    21 Nov 2009 | 9:20 am
    Rupert Murdoch — head of Fox’s parent company — said Glenn Beck was right when he called President Obama a “racist.” Now he’s trying to backpedal, without disowning Beck. It’s time to publicly hold Murdoch accountable. Demand he put an end to Fox’s race-baiting, or admit he agrees with it: Dear Dale, Last week, when asked about Glenn Beck calling President Obama “racist,” Rupert Murdoch, chairman of Fox News Channel’s parent company (News Corp) said “if you actually assess what he was talking about, [Beck] was…

  • DESTRUCTION OF AMERICA'S EDUCATION...ANOTHER ENTRY

    hiram1555
    21 Nov 2009 | 9:11 am
    GREETINGS,    WE HAVE BEEN TELLING YOU THAT AMERICA IS UNDER DIVINE CHASTISEMENT.THE VERY FABRIC OF

  • Why Advertising Matters - Boycott of Couples' Retreat

    prof susurro
    21 Nov 2009 | 9:06 am
    Like most people, I was completely uninterested in the release of Couples’ Retreat earlier thi
 
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  • Einstein Letter to Shepard Rifkin on Isareli Terrorists

    united4justice
    19 Nov 2009 | 8:25 am
    One of the best minds in history, a great physicists and a Jew himself,Albert Einstein criticized the creation of  Israel by Zionist terrorists and called it a possible reason for future catastrophe for Jews. Many Jews who believed in Orthodox Judaism also oppose the state of Israel and consider Zionism as anti-Semitic. Below is the letter by Einstein to Shepard Rifkin on Israeli Terrorists. The letter was written on 10th April after the massacre of Arabs at Deir Yassin by the Stern Gang terrorists or Lohamei Herut Yisrael (LEHI) meaning fighters for the freedom of Israel. The Stern Gang…

  • Jews, Arabs, None of them politically correct.

    thenonconformer
    17 Nov 2009 | 11:54 pm
    PM’s Jewish pitch hits a new low, critics say. Tory flyer suggests Liberals are anti-Semitic.  “It is the lowest that I have seen in all of my experience on Parliament Hill. … Nobody could have ever imagined that the Prime Minister of Canada and a Conservative party could stoop this low. It’s the worst of the worst,” Toronto Liberal MP Joe Volpe (Eglinton-Lawrence).  “This is totally misleading, it’s false … and it basically seeks to associate the Liberal party with anti-Semitism. This is shocking … this has no place in Canadian…

  • Too Much of Anything Is Bad. Too Much Good Scotch Is Barely Enough.

    Daniel
    14 Nov 2009 | 11:28 am
    Three weeks. It’s been three weeks since I was last home. A lot happens to a man in three weeks. His whole life can change in three weeks. Mine did. Three weeks ago, discreetly invited by Matchstick for a private scotch-tasting event, I strode into One Hazelton, a trendy restaurant in Toronto’s Yorkville district. The staff greeted me by name and took my coat, not an uncommon occurrence. After a quick glass of brandy with the manager – and a lively, though abbreviated, discussion on the merits of a program proactively providing guests with a choice of “dates” for the evening – I…

  • Jim Moran the anti-Semitic, anti-American, un-ethical, terrorist supporting moron

    Garrett Watson
    14 Nov 2009 | 5:44 am
    Jim Moran, the scumbag Virginia Congressman from Virginia’s 8th district just has a way with w

  • Iran detained Joshua Fattal & Sara Shourd & Shane Bauer accused of Espionage

    lionpuppyheart
    9 Nov 2009 | 6:01 pm
    Shane Bauer and Sarah Sarah (Sara) Shourd – 31 Sarah (Sara) Shourd – 31 Joshua (Josh) Fattal – 27                                                                                                         Shane Bauer – 27 Shane Bauer is said to be from “the Bay area.” He is a writer and a contributor to New American Media (NAM). Find a link to some of Mr. Bauer’s article at his website.  What appears to be Mr. Bauer’s website is ShaneBauer.net.
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  • Supreme Court Says Racist Epithet is OK

    Joe
    20 Nov 2009 | 6:49 am
    One of our most undemocratic political institutions, the Supreme Court, just decided to allow racist terminology and epithets to be widely used by US sports teams. According to a Washington Post story, this unwise Court decided to operate out of the white racist frame without reflection. In the 1990s a coalition of petitioners sued to force the Washington “Redskins” football team to change its racist name. In 1999 a federal agency voided the trademark rights of the team because its logo was ruled to be racially derogatory and thus violated the law. However, in 2005 a U.S. appellate court…

  • Follow up on Swimming Pool Racism Incident

    Jessie
    19 Nov 2009 | 2:19 pm
    This past summer we posted about the swimming pool racism at a suburban Philadelphia location.  Now, that swimming pool has filed bankruptcy.  It’s gratifying to see at least one instance in which racism is forced to go broke (0:53): The video and this short report: “A suburban Philadelphia swim club accused of discrimination last summer after revoking the memberships of mostly black and Hispanic children has filed for bankruptcy. (Nov. 19),” are from the Associated Press (AP).

  • Children Aware of and Negatively Affected by Racism at Early Ages

    Jessie
    18 Nov 2009 | 5:10 am
    A new study in the November/December 2009 issue of the journal Child Development, finds that children are aware of, and negatively affected by, racism at early ages. Here’s a quick summary of the research: This study looked at more than 120 elementary school children from an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse area of the United States. Children were asked questions to determine their ability to understand another person’s stereotypical beliefs as well as their own comprehension of broadly held stereotypes. They were also asked about their own experiences with discrimination.

  • Blog Admin: Email subscription activated, Comments in WordPress

    admin
    17 Nov 2009 | 11:06 pm
    Thanks for your patience as we work out the kinks on the site re-design this week.  Just a few brief blog admin updates: The email subscription is activated and operational.  So, if you prefer to get notification of updates to RacismReview via email we – at long last – have this capability.  It’s the big space to the right there, where it says “Subscribe Now.”  Just type in your email address, then follow the steps to activate the subscription. After a brief attempt to use Disqus, we’re back to managing comments through WordPress.  This means that…

  • Saving Face? Colorism, Colonialism, and Sammy Sosa

    Adia Harvey
    17 Nov 2009 | 6:12 am
    Recent pictures of baseball player Sammy Sosa show a really dramatic change in his appearance: (Photo credit: Zalubowski/AP, Djansezian/Getty via NYDailyNews) Sosa, a retired baseball player born in the Dominican Republic, has openly acknowledged using skin-lightening creams that account for this drastic difference in his appearance (he plans to market a skin-lightening cream). His decision to do so—and the effects of this use—highlight in a rather dramatic fashion one of the more insidious influences of white colonialism and racial hierarchies in the global arena. Scholars have long…
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  • Yes.

    resistance
    20 Nov 2009 | 7:00 pm
    I saw this image used as a click-through button from the Evan B. Donaldson site.  (I was reading the article about identity formation in adopted persons.)   Apparently Spence-Chapin (an adoption agency) uses this as their Facebook logo as well. How can people be so clueless? Edited to add:  Sang-Shil over at the Land of the Not-So-Calm reports that Spence-Chapin has replaced their racist Facebook logo. But it’s still on the Donaldson site.

  • Whoa.

    resistance
    20 Nov 2009 | 9:00 am
    Short summary:  Christian publisher Zondervan released a book full of Asian stereotypes.  You know, the “Asian font,” the ninjas, the bamboo, Japanese gardens, kimono, random Chinese characters, etc.  Plus the website promoting the book used an old martial arts movie in which the speech was dubbed in the white people’s racist conception of how Asians talk. You can read more about the book here.  It’s also still available on Amazon, bonus points for those of you who can read all the characters. Now Zondervan has agreed to pull the book.  You can read its statement…

  • The browning of disease

    resistance
    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 pm
    Part IV.  Links to I, II, and III can be found here. So I went to the library, and saw that in a couple of places there are signs indicating that if your kids are sick, you should keep them home.  Which is all well and good.  Except the picture on the sign is that of a sick-looking Asian kid. The CDC’s H1N1 informational site also has a picture of a sick-looking Asian girl.  As well as a brown family.  And there were two pictures in the newspaper recently illustrating stories about H1N1.  An Asian woman holding vaccine vials.  And Asian kids getting inoculated by Asian health…

  • My white friend

    resistance
    19 Nov 2009 | 5:00 am
    My white friend grew up in a very racist, segregated environment. My white friend has parents and family members who hold very racist views. My white friend has a partner who holds very racist views. Who opposed adopting a child from Korea because “I don’t want one of them in the house.” I’ve been in the house. They’ve been in the house. My white friend has never taken anti-racism training.  Hasn’t attended diversity workshops.  Doesn’t read any of the literature.  But my white friend knows one thing:  My experience is real.

  • Because they just don’t die

    resistance
    18 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    Chief Illiniwek keeps being resurrected from the dead. Why? Because he’s a tradition. Similarly, the Tribune used to run a cartoon called “Injun Summer” every year until 1992.  Here’s a section of an 1991 editorial written about it: This year the objections about matched the praise from those in whom it stirs warm memories. As sure as one writer would declare that the cartoon “never misses touching the heart with its nostalgic message of the ’spirits’ of the season,”  another would condemn it as “an embarrassing relic of a time when it…
 
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  • Hiatus

    Linda Leigh Hargrove
    28 Oct 2009 | 7:09 pm
    I’ve come to the realization that it is time for a break. As I sit writing this blog, I’m a little sad and relieved. Sad that I will not be blogging for the next few months. And relieved that I won’t be blogging for the next few months. Don’t worry, I will be writing. Once a writer [...]

  • The Affirmative Action Peace Prize

    Linda Leigh Hargrove
    20 Oct 2009 | 7:47 am
    I’m not old enough to have witnessed the road Dr. King walked towards his goal of equal rights for every American. But I do remember the televised struggles of dark-skinned South Africans like Bishop Tutu and Nelson Mandela against a racist regime. And how could I ever forget Lech Walesa’s  struggle against communism in Poland? [...]

  • The Empowerment Experiment

    Linda Leigh Hargrove
    7 Oct 2009 | 8:50 pm
    Did you EE today? That’s what Maggie and John Anderson want to know. The Andersons, an African American couple living in a Chicago suburb, started The Empowerment Experiment (or EE) in January 2009. When they ask their signature question (did you EE today), they are asking if you bought from a black-owned business. Their reasoning? To defy [...]

  • Where are all the black people?

    Linda Leigh Hargrove
    29 Sep 2009 | 7:30 am
    “Where are all the black people?” That’s what National Park Ranger Shelton Johnson has been asking for many years. Ranger Johnson has worked for the National Park Service for more than 20 years, spent mostly at Yosemite. And in those years he’s seen so few blacks that he refers to black visitors as ‘a sighting.’ When I [...]

  • Tip Sheets: Call for Ideas

    Linda Leigh Hargrove
    25 Sep 2009 | 7:20 am
    This blog, 17Seeds, is all about spreading ideas that lead to biblically-based racial reconciliation. Toward that end, I formed the goal to create 17 tip sheets. So far I’ve only written four. Two more are in the works, but I’ve run out of ideas. This is where you step in, with your cape waving artistically in [...]
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